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VDart Inc is the leading global provider of digital solutions, products and talent management company providing digital technology solutions in Automotive, Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities and Healthcare Industries. Led by a strong global team located across 10 countries including USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, UK, Japan, Australia & India. We are currently accepting applications from staffing firms for our Preferred Partner Program, where we align niche staffing firms with specific verticals based on their strengths. To apply, please visit: https://www.vdart.com/suppliers/ Title: Global ITS Procurement Sr. Category Manager Location: Roswell, GA Responsibilities Category Strategy & Governance
- Help place CLIENT at the forefront of Brilliant Manufacturing (IIoT) through collaboration across multiple supply chain functions.
- Provide a sound understanding of the IT/business market dynamics and benchmarking.
- Lead the development of a global procurement strategy and ensure seamless alignment with local, regional and global requirements.
- Deliver complex and risky licensing agreements, for the supply chain of the future, through start-ups, legacy single source software and/or SaaS OEM's.
- Drive efficiency by reducing complexity and promoting standardization wherever possible.
- Collaborate with cross functional product owners across Procurement, Planning, Logistics, Transportation, Manufacturing, Quality and Safety teams to set-drive challenging goals and objectives.
- Develop solid IT strategic supplier partnerships, that deliver measurable business opportunities and continuous innovation.
- Govern and enforce the category strategy and CLIENT processes, work with IT and business organizations to routine vendor calibration meetings. Continuously improve category strategy through routine check-adjust process.
- Establish trust and create an environment of accountability with stakeholders impacted by IT goals-objectives.
- Routinely influence at all levels of leadership through routine- succinct communication of significant Supply Chain platform goals, risks or changes.
- Lead through direct engagement hands on engagement with decision makers.
- Drive out single source suppliers where applicable. Optimize marginal/commoditized suppliers. And routinely mark the market' through compelling RFX's for new services and/or renewals. Challenge the auto-renewal process every time.
- Single point of contact for all commercial terms, e.g. negotiations, performance, SLA penalties, risk, change control.
- Partner with stakeholders on Proof of Concept (PoC) suppliers to include non-routine single source negotiations.
- Promote best practice development and sharing.
- Ensure compliance with all CLIENT Code of Conduct and Procurement rules.
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree required (technology field strongly preferred).
- Experience in Agile Sourcing methodology.
- Experience in Procurement Category Management (IT Procurement experience strongly preferred).
- Experience working in Supply Chain / CPG organization (preferred).
- Experience working in a complex global matrix environment.
- Experience working with financial information as a means of decision making, pricing comparisons & benchmarking.
- Experience negotiating at the highest levels within a supplier organization chart.
- Experience in global, regional and/or local change management.
- Experience with IT, IT Operations, and enterprise IT processes.
- Ability to influence across an organization without authority or leverage.
- Highly skilled negotiator.
- Exceptional analytic skills.
- Strong project management skills.
- Highly skilled in Supplier Relationship Management.
- Excellent written/verbal communication.
- Aptitude for executing under tight deadlines.
- Sound business acumen.
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